Lost a lot of time," said Russell.
The British driver later expanded on the sequence of events during post-qualifying media interviews. "I had a big lift.
I went into the corner 0.5secs up and I came out 0.25secs up. It was great to get that lap," said Russell.
The driver confirmed he had spoken with team management regarding the validity of his sector times under the yellow flag conditions.
"I just spoke with Toto [Wolff, team principal] and he said everything is fine with the yellow flag.
Big 100m lift before the corner. So that's good to hear," said Russell.
Russell expressed immense satisfaction with the outcome despite facing elimination earlier in the secondary qualifying session. "I feel incredible.
I saw the yellow. I had a big lift.
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I was five tenths up going into the final corner, and I crossed the line two and a half tenths up so I should be OK," said Russell.
